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Mike Coutermarsh
August 19, 2014
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Learning Vim in a Week
Learning Vim can be hard. Let's learn how to get up, running and productive quickly.
Mike Coutermarsh
August 19, 2014
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Transcript
Learning Vim in a Week Mike Coutermarsh @mscccc Boston Vim
Our Goal: Use @ Work
“LEARNING VIM IS HARD”
Advice from Tom
“Sometimes you gotta work a little so you can ball
a lot”
INVESTING IN YOURSELF
Before you start, you should know.
Different from everything you’ve used before 1
don’t start @ work 2
break up with your 3
But can it…? 4 yes, yes it can.
Always a better way 5
Learn something every week 6
LET’S REVIEW
1. It’s different 2. Not @ work 3. break up
with your 4. But can it…? 5. Always a better way 6. Learn every week
Hack your Keyboard
Remap Caps Lock to ESC OSX: https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/seil.html.en
Speed up your key repeat OSX: https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/
None
Basics
There are Modes
Normal Insert Visual
Normal Insert Visual
Normal Insert Visual
Normal Insert Visual
Normal Insert Visual
Basics
Commands
None
C I )
C I ) Change
C I ) Change Inside
C I ) Change Inside Parens
C I ) Change Inside Parens
C I “
C I }
D I )
Say them in your head
Get the Cheat Sheet http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial.html
Configuring Vim
~/.vimrc your new best friend
version control your vimrc
Steal your friends dotfiles
Me: https://github.com/mscoutermarsh/dotfiles ! Thoughtbot: https://github.com/thoughtbot/dotfiles
Where to actually start learning
$ vimtutor do this, a lot
vim-adventures.com
Screen Casts watch others use Vim
VimCasts: http://vimcasts.org/ ! Upcase: https://upcase.com/vim
Plugins for development
Ctrl-P https://github.com/kien/ctrlp.vim
NERDTree https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree
AG for Vim https://github.com/rking/ag.vim
rails.vim https://github.com/tpope/vim-rails
vim-rspec https://github.com/thoughtbot/vim-rspec
ONE LAST REVIEW
1. Caps lock -> ESC 2. Do vimtutor 3. Watch
screencasts 4. Steal from your friends 5. Learning vim is a process!
FINALLY, COMMIT TO IT
✌️ Thanks @mscccc
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